Ciara
“And I”
Goodies
LaFace Records
Director: The Fat Cats
Finally, Ciara does a music video by herself and without any guest artists featured in it. Sweet. This is the fourth and final single/music video from the “Goodies” album, titled “And I”. The song is a slow R&B ballad and is a unique departure …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 10″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
R. Kelly’s tenth episode of the “Trapped In The Closet” series takes a turn for the worst as it becomes downright silly and stupid. PIcking up after Part 9 where Officer James discovers that his wife Bridget is cheating on him …

This is Marilyn Manson’s first major label album released in 1994 on Nothing/Interscope Records. The album was produced by Marilyn Manson alongside Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. The album starts off with Prelude the family trip it includes words from charlie and the chocolate factory, the song My …

Throughout the ages, humanity has relied on music. In Africa, it was a form of communication, and in 1930’s America, it was a way to escape the economic troubles of the day. However, being a good musician is truly difficult, so finding …

Salty Dog is a song by Flogging Molly which appears on their album Swagger. The track starts off fairly quietly with just an acoustic guitar strumming a chord progression and then a fiddle playing a lead over it before the rest of the band comes in to double this …

‘Family Affairs’ is my favorite song from Mary j Blidge. I still remember that I bought the cassete about in 2000 but I still play that song until now. For me, Its not sounds like an old song, even its sounds always new to me.
We all know that Mary …

You don’t have to be a child of the 80’s to know that there is tons of music out there from this decade that is simply marvelous. Out of the 80’s came a group called Tears for Fears. Much of their music has been sampled in the …

As a college graduation present, my grandmother offered to buy me a horn. I wanted a Conn 8D like my professor and all the really good horn players had. I settled on the Holton Farkas model because it was more in our price range ($1200).
This …

Hed PE are a very talented band. Most of their music is not for everybody, but for people who like hardcore metal and rap core. But, this album can be accessible to a much larger audience. On this album, like on no other album the guys from this California …

Im not much of a fan of David Bowie’s music but that one song that I’ve always really liked from him is the song Ziggy Stardust. I first learned the song upon playing it in guitar hero and thought to myself. This is a really catchy tune. I then …

Drunken Lullabies is the title track of an album by Flogging Molly. The track starts off with an Irish sounding riff which is very characteristic of the band. The track soon really gets going with more instrumentation joining in to double up on this riff and give the song …

Jay-Z ft. Amil and Ja Rule
“Can I Get A…”
Volume 2… Hard Knock Life
Roc-A-Fella Records
After the lackluster sophomore album that was “In My Lifetime, Volume 1″, Jay-Z returned a year later with a vengeance with his third album “Volume 2… Hard Knock Life” and blew charts and listeners away, putting …

Kris Aquinos’ The Greatest Love Album was given to me by a friend. I was actually surprised when she first told me over phone that she would give me this Kris’ album because I know this girl could not sing. She maybe a very good host and indeed an …

Martha My Dear is a song by The Beatles which appears on their self-titled record, otherwise known as The White Album. The track starts off with a nice piano rhythm which has a very playful and lighthearted sound in my opinion, a sound which goes with McCartney’s voice I’d …

It’s odd that you would look at the performance of potentially the biggest boy band in the world and notice how much they had grown in a matter of weeks, but this is what I noticed with Take That. Only weeks before they had performed together with Robbie Williams …

Cuckoo Cuckoo is a song by Animal Collective and is the penultimate track on their album Strawberry Jam. Opening up with an introduction which initially has a somewhat confusing sound, the band establishes a firmer structure after around a minute where a piano carries the rhythm and the vocals …

Carol is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their self-titled debut record. As soon as I heard the opening guitar part I thought Chuck Berry and this would make sense as this song is a cover of him. Therefore, since it’s a cover I can’t comment …

Jason Mraz is a singer/songwriter from San Diego has been releasing his second album Mr ‘A-Z’(taken from his last name Mraz). In his single of the album ‘Wordplay’ he shows about his selflessness when he said in the song “Im the wizard of oh and fa la la” indicating …

Lips Of An Angle by Hinder is a song I like because it talks about how a guy still has feelings for this other girl and it goes into details about how this girl gives the guy a phone call and the guys girl does not know it is …

Bizzy Bone just released his new CD in 2008 called A Song For You. It is a very good album and one of his best since Heaven’s Movie. This album shows the world that Bizzy Bone stil has it, and can sing and rap great. One thing I really liked …

Flo Rida is a new singer on the scene and one of the songs from his album “Mail on Sunday (2008)” is called Freaky Deaky. He sings this song along with Trey Songz.
The beat of the song is one of a slow and almost but not quite there “romantic” …

I use Ain’t that Ashame by Cheap Trick to walk to when I go out for a brisk walk. It is a very upbeat song and Cheap Trick does one of the best versions of it that I have ever heard. It’s a great dance song with a bit …

It was one of my friends who had first introduced me to the music of the industrial metal and aggrotech band called “Psychlon Nine”. Although I love listening to some good industrial metal once in a while too, I just did not really know what to make of this …

The first time I heard the song “City on Our Knees” by Toby Mac it was on the ending scenes from the movie “Grace Card”. Not only does the song bring to light some deep emotions that everyone feels when listening to a song that is meaningful to them, …

Maneater by Nelly Furtado is a true song for a lot of chicks now days because they make guys fall in love with them left and right and then they make them do what they want. It kind of sickens me even though I have got guy friends that …

R. Kelly
“Your Body’s Callin’”
12 Play
Jive/Zomba Recordings
This is R. Kelly’s third single and music video, “Your Body’s Callin’”, from the solo album titled “12 Play”. This is the laid back and sexy themed music video of the batch from the album. R. Kelly performs mostly on a beach and on …

I never got into Tupac. I actually find him to be pretty overrated and I was more of a Biggie fan myself. I haven’t heard much of his stuff, but overall it failed to impress me.
The exception to that rule is a track called “California …

I’m not trying to be biased or anything but I think people should ought to know that I am among the biggest fans of Mumford & Sons in this planet. I literally own all of their albums, as well as other live performances because their music is so much …

Not myself tonight is the first single of Bionic album by American pop star Christina Aguilera. It is an up tempo dance song in electro pop genre. I think this is a great song by Christina Aguilera with music, vocal and electronic vibe. The electronic sound of the song …

Keep Holding On by Avril Lavinge is a song that is a beautiful ballad. This song is sad but it gives some people hope when they know someone else is willing to stay with them through any thing. I love this song for the hope it fills you with …

This album by Sonic Youth aroused a mixed reaction in me. On the one hand and I thought that this album could have been a lot better. On the other hand it still has a number of very good songs and some features, some very impressive features, which were …

The Face of Love CD by Sanctus Real was given to me by a friend. I hadn’t heard of them before, so I was a little unsure as to whether or not I would like this cd. As first listen, I was mildly impressed, but as I listened to …

It isn’t uncommon for actors to make the jump from screen to a musical career, most of the times with a disastrous ending after a few hits (anyone remember Lindsay Lohan?). Well, on 2007 sexy Scarlett Johansson decided it was her turn to get her very own record but …

Doggy is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their record Campfire Songs. Opening up with an acoustic guitar strumming pattern, the vocals join in the track pretty quickly but they unfortunately sound completely buried in the mix at the song’s opening. Because of this, the vocals feel …

Sevendust released their 4th studio album,”Seasons,” in 2003.The band had already received commercial success with their previous outings.Even though Seasons failed to reach previous commercial success it did in fact prove that the band had matured.The distinctive sound in which Sevendust had been working on for years had finally …

Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik - two of the world’s biggest popstars today has made a new collaboration for the highly anticipated erotic film “Fifty Shades Darker”. When I heard this news the first thing that came to my mind was, “Seriously? Their voices will not blend well, what …

Artist: Destiny’s Child ft. Wyclef Jean
Video: No, No, No (Part 2)
Album: Destiny’s Child
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
“No, No, No (Part 2)” is the second single and music video from Destiny’s Child self-titlted debut album, followed by the previous first part of “No, No, No” (which altogether basically counts as …

I first was acquainted with Taylor Swift’s music through her single You Belong with Me. I kept hearing it over the radio and I thought it was a catchy song. I am no teenybopper but somehow it was not long before the single appealed to me. …

City Of Delusion is a track by Muse which appears on Black Holes And Revelation. Although I do not consider City Of Delusion to be quite as good as some of the other tracks on this record such as Take A Bow or Map Of The Problematique, I certainly …

Soundgarden’s Flower is an aboslute must-have for any Garden fan, or any fan of rock music! The single contains two other fantasic songs: Toy Box and Head injury.
Released in ‘88, this three-track mini super album from Soundgarden is an absolute classic. Chris Cornell’s voice rips through the speakers, …

My son and I are great country music fans and we enjoy going to see live concerts. I enjoy all types of music so does my son. Last year we were lucky enough to cathc a performance by Alan Jackson. He is this tall blonde blue …

R. Kelly & Public Announcement
“Slow Dance”
Born Into The 90’s
Jive/Zomba Recording
Director: Lionel C. Martin
Talk about LL Cool J’s “Jingling Baby” but with a slow jam rhythm. “Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)” is the third single and music video from the album, “Born Into The 90s”. R. Kelly meets a hot, …

This is an album complication of some of the most famous rock songs from the world’s best bands. There are about 15 songs from the album, as coming from the best 90’s acts like Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots and REM. Since these are the bands I grew …

All the single ladies—¦.all the single ladies—these are about the most exciting lyrics in the entire song, “Single Ladies” by Beyonce. I will give it up to the producers who decided that a choppy hand-clap beat would be great for getting people up on the dance floor. …

Hot Love Drama is a song by MGMT which appears on their debut record, Climbing To New Lows. If you read my review on MGMT’s previous track, Money To Burn, then you’ll have seen that my main complaint against that track was that it felt like it lacked energy, …

The song ABC was recorded in 1970 which seems like a hundred years ago. Time really flies and though Michael Jackson and his brothers changed a lot in the years to follow, this song always remains true to what image we had of the Jackson family back in the …

I have to admit that I have absolutely no idea what this song is really about. When I read the lyrics, I think about death. The blue moon reference, and “take me up in your arms” line makes me think that the lead singer is embracing …

I watched Don’t Cha by The Pussycat Dolls on Ellen Show before and I must say that I was totally bemused and impressed. I think the lead singer, Nicole sang like a karaoke version of something. She can really stretch her vocal chords and it was so fun …

This is Pantera’s second album, the title comes from the movie The Exorcist. Released in 1992 and produced by Terry Date again, this album is far more aggressive than the last, tighter, darker, faster, and I don’t think it could have been much heavier. Mouth for war opens the …

The first time I saw and heard of the artist called Pink was when I was still in my earlier days of high school when she was still a fairly new artiste. Now Pink became popular in an age where the popularity of boy and girl pop bands like …